Fire-extinguisher.



l. M. NHLLER. FlRE EXTNGUiSHER. Avnlcmou man ma. e. 1915.

Patented July 11, 1916.

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JOSEPH nr. MILLER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

Fm'E-'EXTINGUISHER Patenfedlrmy 11,1916.

Application mea remuant-1915. serial No. 6,190.

To all whom 'it may concornf Be' it known that' I Josnrx'r M. MxLLEn, a.

citizen of the United States of America, and`v a. resident of {')liieadeounty of Cook, and State of Illinois:, lla\' c ini-'enl-ed'cer'tuin new and useful Improvements in Fire- Extingnishers, of which the following 1s a speelfilm ion.v

In vhond fire extinguishers of the type similar Ato that Shown' in roy Patent No.

LO-18,53% granted' February 1912, where the vliquid chemical is Uumped from the container through n' flexib e -li-ose lConnected,near the top of the Container', it'uhas been found that upon setting the exti-nguisner aside l :1fterusing,and dropping tlievliose without irstitnliing the preezrntion of drain-ing the liquid in the llose'bnclrjntb the con miner, -t'lre liquid' hnsibeen siplw'ncd out' of the container. i

The riminobjeet .of this invention, thereforo, iste provide an improwerlconstructionlire extrngui'sl'rews of this kind, wliorolr'v the liquid in thedisc ,l autoxnutiea'll-y drained when tlxe extinguisher is eet-.asidefnfter beingnsed, :nul whereby theaeci'dental siplioi'iingi-ot of ,tlm conti-nts of the containerfis impossible,

An illustrative embodiment ofi tlm inwentionxis shown in the accompanying 'di-nr ings, in which:

Figure l is an elevation of :1n improved fire extinguisher ofA this type,l n portion Hof tne container undl discharge pipe living:

jbroken away :rttho top to more elem-ly show the rrrn'ngernent'ror-draining the diS- clmrge pr: Fig. 2 is n frngrnentm'y dtail of' Lnelioolc'by-meens of "willen tlm, pump nandle is locked so that it'rnajv lm norl for carrying. the extinguisher.

Inthe construction shown'in tlm. drawing, the entinguil'rer oompr'ises n cont-:liner l provided with handles 2 and 3 for carrying-and mllnpillating it, and'provideil with :L Y pump which lexten-ds longitudinally tlrreuglrth'e interior ofv theta-sing' from the te? to a point adiacenti@ the bottom.

'i he pump comprises u o vlin'l'ler 'l in'wliiolr is mounted a piston ro connected :it its np- "per and toaJ handle 5 by ineens of which tlm pump is operated; The-cylinder 4 serves as (im diseharge pipeenc suitable valve-.s are arranged to canse the proper discharge of the vliquid under pressure. A branch discharge pipe 6 is connected to the upper enil opening is' locatedb' of the cylinder' 4 und extends transversely out through the top of the eontzin'er.A The. pipe terminates iii-ji downwardly fafcing' elbow and :has eonnectedtleret nlfl'e'xible hose" 'I which normally hangs' rertiellyI andby means ofwliicll the' liquid iSdireCted when 1 sgxge for the` {lV-incll und iS'- normally unob- 66 sti-noted ixr--tlnit there is :rlirnys oriencoxm `,munienftio'n -f-'r'ornj in et .to utle V 1 The lnfrncli' diseli'ir'ge v pip s' I rorided xr-itlr an :r-pertilie or rent' located within the container,,eind-711i id ,7 0 municution tlrrexv: ll f1 tlielliq'uid renfnm g? i through ahenozzle 9' sip-horno acti'on.- Dl n the pinnp n small-je ofA course, -pnsx llrrfo'r tlie. ontiiiner, be excoeklnglys y wil-i1 'the efliiiient vop the ell'ecti'veneils* ofl l1 The contn-ineijl' s opening-'normally'Cl'pSe' bI ln'iinoli (3 sdtlrzltLi there is'n'o danger Off' rising above tllefbane Gand hereby runnin'gontA through' the '116597' sifnto Start :x sir-ihonin'gfnction.- y

to said branch, the communication between Signed at Chicago this 5th dey of Fel-rsaid pipe and branch and hose being norruary' 1915.

mally open, said bljanclnhaving :i vent loc JOSEPH M. MILLER` cated therein wltliln said container, said Witnesses: 5 container having a filling opening located EUGzNx: A. RUMMLER,

below vthe level of said vent. MARY R. HOPKINS. 

